My reading engagement story isn't about my students, it's about students in the community where I live. Earlier this fall I had the opportunity to watch and support my husband in a Community Read Aloud event. The local school worked with businesses in the downtown area to put on this event. Basically, the school provided books for area business and organization representatives to read to groups of families. My husband was representing the fire department. In many cases, the families were read to inside the businesses.
I really enjoyed the opportunity to witness this community event. I loved seeing all the kids so attentive to the reader and enjoying the books being read. The goal of this event was to get students and their families out into the community and enjoying reading together.
I would love to do something like this and already talked briefly about it with our school librarian. I think it would be cool to do an event like this around the Red Clover books.
Great experience and great idea. Past Red Clover Books would be a good idea as well for those younger children who haven't heard these books before.
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea, Kristina! Last year a colleague and I held a community book group, and we focused on Brown Girl Dreaming. We had students, parents, teachers, and community members gather in the media center, where we discussed the book and read some passages aloud. It was very moving and powerful. The students were so engaged and proud of themselves, as they read to the adults in the group. Do it! It will be a hit.
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